Coyote V. Acme

Joe Allonby joeallonby at gmail.com
Sat Sep 18 06:05:54 CDT 2010


Awesome. But I always thought he lived in Utah.

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>        "May Road Runner cartoons never vanish from the video waves, is my
> attitude."
>
>
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>        Coyote V. Acme
>
>        IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,
>        SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT, TEMPE, ARIZONA
>        CASE NO. B19294, JUDGE JOAN KUJAVA, PRESIDING
>        Wile E. Coyote, Plaintiff
>        -v.-
>        Acme Company, Defendant
>        Opening Statement of Mr. Harold Schoff, attorney for Mr.
>        Coyote:
>
>        My client, Mr. Wile E. Coyote, a resident of Arizona and
>        contiguous states, does hereby bring suit for damages against
>        the Acme Company, manufacturer and retail distributor of
>        assorted merchandise, incorporated in Delaware and doing
>        business in every state, district, and territory. Mr. Coyote seeks
>        compensation for personal injuries, loss of business income,
>        and mental suffering causes as a direct result of the actions
>        and/or gross negligence of said company, under Title 15 of the
>        United States Code, Chapter 47, section 2072, subsection (a),
>        relating to product liability.
>
>
>        Mr. Coyote states that on eighty-five separate occasions he has
>        purchased of the Acme Company (hereinafter, "Defendant"),
>        through that company's mail-order department, certain products
>        which did cause him bodily injury due to defects in manufacture
>        or improper cautionary labelling. Sales slips made out to Mr.
>        Coyote as proof of purchase are at present in the possession of
>        the Court, marked Exhibit A. Such injuries sustained by Mr.
>        Coyote have temporarily restricted his ability to make a living in
>        his profession of predator. Mr. Coyote is self-employed and thus
>        not eligible for Workmen's Compensation. . .
>
> http://www.torinfo.com/justforlaughs/coyote_v_acme.html
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